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Yeah, coffee is pretty darn hard to hate all right. In any conversation about the best series of Summer 2014, Tokyo Ghoul has to be right there - so far, at least. Two episodes in and this is very strong stuff - a first-rate thriller that's got ...

While the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka is a truly whimsical place, transporting you into the magical world of animator Hayao Miyazaki and friends, an adult may feel that their immersion is incomplete. In particular, the children-only play area that fea...

To get fans prepped for the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie, animeanime. jp has posted a video that introduces the storyline of Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno. Watch the video clip here:The film — which is the first part of the last ins...

I'm not sure what the point of adapting this twice is, but the first episode was actually pretty good. There's enough to still make it interesting despite having already seen the story once. Like how the main character is even more of a badass tha...

First Impressions - Zankyou no Terror Mappa. Watanabe. Kanno. NoitaminA. You were expecting anything less? OP: "Trigger" by Yuki Ozaki The last of my top tier of summer anime in terms of anticipation weighs in, and like the shows that came...

The popularity of Macross Frontier is thriving in Japan as the anime themed Cafe & Bar, CHARACRO will do a new collaboration with the series following the successful Tiger & Bunny collaboration. A new Macross F themed CHARACRO theme will unfold on...

Fujoshis are unlikely to be very fond of Kenzen Robo Daimidaler, nonetheless, the series has a dakimakura of sorts designed just for them, sporting one of the penguins with a large reproductive organ. On the product page, they have come up with a ...

Jul12 Are you ready for some Kickass LOLis? ! It was a shame we couldn't cover the first show originally. If I had been writing then, I surely would have. So with that in mind, thanks for bringing me here Kyo!

Zankyou no Terror wants to impress, it wants attention, and more than safe to say, it succeeds in such a goal – one which very few manage to accomplish so quickly, from the very first scene of episode one.

The diminutive Haruna Luna is an unlikely force in the both the world of fashion and anime. Obsessed since a young age with gothic lolita manga and anime characters, Luna in her second year of high school, got her big break in high school modeling...

FUNimation announced today that it has acquired the simulcast and home video rights for Tokyo ESP. Episode 1 of the series launched on 7/11 at 2:05pm ET and the series will stream weekly on Fridays at the same time.

When the stress of work has gotten to be too much, we all like to take some time off and just enjoy ourselves for a while. But the question remains, what to do? The weather is great outside, but going out sounds so tiring right now.

Merchandise and clothing retailer 2PM Works revealed 10 different pairs of heels based on characters from the idol anime Love Live! and shoemaker Chake Choke. Each pair comes with a signed bromide card of its respective character.

Seasoned explorers and novices alike venture underground into dangerous caves to collect the coveted material known as Pluton. During your first trip down into the depths of one of these mines, you and your new explorer friends quickly realize tha...

Criminal Girls marries interesting gaming concepts to some iffy gender politics. Its party of female convicts only take your commands as suggestions, so you must punish them to correct their vices as they escape towards reincarnation.

Barakamon - 02 Perhaps it's when our expectations are highest that we can be most easily unsettled. Barakamon is another one of those series that doesn't seem to demand a whole lot of interpretation, though there are some subtler things going on h...

The second episode of Sword Art Online II has just went live on Daisuki. net and the Daisuki. net YouTube channel. In this episode, Sinon finally makes her long-awaited debut in the anime. Episode synopsis: Sinon is known as the best sniper in GGO...

Frozen is huge in Japan, in fact, it is so popular that it became one of the highest grossing movies in the country's history and topped the box office for 16 consecutive weeks, and that is saying a lot.

Pac-Man's up taunt in Super Smash Bros. is known as "Namco Roulette," director Masahiro Sakurai said on Miiverse today. When you perform it, Namco characters from the 1980s will normally appear. Some of these characters are shown below.

Crunchyroll has yet another announcement today with the addition of Nobunaga Concerto to the summer anime simulcasts. The series is set to broadcast every Tuesday starting July 15 at 10:00pm Pacific Time for premium members, with free members able...

'Koufuku Graffiti' Anime Adaptation Rumored As Winter 2015 Shaft Series Posted by Chris Beveridge July 11, 2014 at 04:31 PM Koufuku Graffiti The Manga Time Kirarara magazine announced last month that Koufuku Graffiti would be getting an anime adap...

At first I thought this was going to be a serious romantic drama. But then it took a sudden turn for the better when a ghost appeared and started throwing fireballs at the main character and a magical girl cosplayer flew through the window.

Zankyou no Terror is a new anime series which is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) with music composed from Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), and will be animated by MAPPA (Hajime no...

This is part 19 of my SAO summary / fanfiction. You can start with Part 1 here. A group of bandits rested among the cliffs. They discussed their latest plan to ambush and kill some of their fellow players.

Right now, there are amazingly skilled creators blowing up on Twitter! Many of them surprise users with their works themed after anime and manga. Up till now on Tokyo Otaku Mode, we've taken a look at many creators, a recent one being a creator wh...

"Rokujouma no Shinryakusha! ? " Episode 1 Preview Images The first episode of Rokujouma no Shinryakusha! ? aired on July 12 and it will continue to air throughout the summer 2014 anime season with a total of 12 episodes.

Jabberwock Island — once a popular tourist destination, this now uninhabited island remains oddly pristine. You and your classmates at the elite Hope's Peak Academy have been brought to this island by your super-cute teacher for a "lovey-dovey, he...

To celebrate the announcement of Monster Hunter 4G (or Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate), Capcom has recently held the MH4G Hunting Rival event over at the Bellesalle Akihabara where Monster Hunter fans flocked to see the new announcements.